talk
verb [I] (SAY WORDS) /tɔːk/
/tɑːk/ Definition
A1 to say words aloud; to speak to someone: We were just talking about Simon's new girlfriend. My little girl has just started to talk. She talks to her mother on the phone every week.Informal talking and conversation
(Definition of talk verb (SAY WORDS) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
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- blarney noun
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- chatter verb (TALK/NOISE)
- chew the fat idiom
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